βάσσος
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English (LSJ)
εος, τό,
A = βασσάρα, EM191.1.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: οὑδετέρως [neuter] ἡ βῆσσα H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Schwyzer RhM 81, 199f. (who rejects the accentuation βᾶσσος) proposes *βάθ-σος (on the suffix Schwyzer 513). Beside βῆσσα we have Dor. βᾶσσα, so the word could be a variant of βῆσσα if this word is Pre-Greek.. Unclear DELG. From this word Lat. bassus lowly Kretschmer Glotta 22, 258f.; quite uncertain. - S. βῆσσα und βαθύς.
Frisk Etymology German
βάσσος: {bássos}
Meaning: οὐδετέρως· ἡ βῆσσα H.
Etymology : Vielleicht mit Schwyzer RhM 81, 199f. (wo gegen die herkömmliche Akzentuierung βᾶσσος) aus *βάθσος (zum Suffix Schwyzer 513 m. Lit.). Über die Möglichkeit, vulgärlat. bassus niedrig daraus herzuleiten, s. Kretschmer Glotta 22, 258f.; dazu W.-Hofmann s. v. 1, 851. — Vgl. βῆσσα und βαθύς.
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